World Consumers Rights Day Dr Arvind Kumar World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD), observed on 15 March every year, is an annual occasion for celebration and solidarity within the international consumer mov ...

Bane of Avarice By Dr Arvind Kumar The growing nexus between local politicians and mining mafias is claiming a heavy human toll. The recent deaths in quick succession at the hands of illegal miners - ...

Fukushima Revisited By Dr Arvind Kumar Japan was hit by a massive earthquake and huge tsunami on 11 March 2011 that killed nearly 20,000 people and threatened the country — and it neighbours — with a ...

Women’s Day The UN theme for International Women’s Day 2012 is Empower Women – End Hunger and Poverty. In many countries, International Women's Day is an occasion to honor and praise women for their a ...

Human Rights & Climate Change By Dr Arvind Kumar At a recently held seminar in Geneva, some experts asserted that many of the countries that have contributed the least to greenhouse gas emissions ...

New Water Policy More Contentious By Dr Arvind Kumar* *President, India Water Foundation, New Delhi. The New Water Policy (NWP) draft 2012 is reportedly replete with more contentious issues and least ...

Another Global Downturn By Dr Arvind Kumar Another global financial downturn is round the corner if forecasts of the IMF and World Bank are to be believed. Revising its forecast for global growth in 2 ...

MARTYRS’ DAY By Dr Arvind Kumar 30th January every year is observed as Martyrs’ Day to pay homage to the martyrs who suffered and died for the freedom, welfare, and progress of the country. It was on ...

23rd January is observed as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary. It is ironic that this day is not observed with much enthusiasm throughout the country like the birth anniversaries of othe ...

Private Sector and Climate Change By Dr Arvind Kumar There is mounting pressure at global level on the private sector to mobilise and find new technologies to cut greenhouse gas emissions. This pressu ...